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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect projects can be created via the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">File | New Project</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu option, which displays the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Save New Enterprise Architect Project</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog. Select a directory and enter a file name for your project, then click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Save</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button. Once the project has been saved, the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="model_wizard.htm">Select Model(s)</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog displays, which makes a selection of Model Packages available. Select the Model Packages to include and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button. Enterprise Architect adds a model containing the selected Model Packages to the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText">.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can also add Model Packages to the project using the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">New Model From Pattern</span><span class="f_BodyText"> icon in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText"> <a href="project_browser_toolbar.htm">toolbar</a>.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Alternatively, new projects can be created from the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="thestartpage.htm">Start Page</a></span><span class="f_BodyText">; select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Create a New Project</span><span class="f_BodyText"> option.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">The Model Wizard</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The Model Wizard is used to add a selection of Model Packages to the project, through the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Select Model(s)</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">The EABase Project File<a name="eabase"></a></span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The default project file (</span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">EABase.EAP</span><span class="f_BodyText">) is supplied when you install Enterprise Architect. By default, the example project file is stored in your Enterprise Architect installation directory. The default installation directories, depending on which version you have installed, are:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Registered version: </span><span class="f_Code">C:\Program Files\Sparx Systems\EA</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Trial version: </span><span class="f_Code">C:\Program Files\Sparx Systems\EA Trial</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Lite version: </span><span class="f_Code">C:\Program Files\Sparx Systems\EA Lite</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Design a Custom Template<a name="customtemplate"></a></span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can customize any Enterprise Architect project and use it as the base for the new project. This enables you or your organization to build a default project with company standards, tutorials, frameworks or any other common piece of modeling already in-built. A default project is no different from an ordinary project; Enterprise Architect simply copies and renames it as a starter for your new project. With careful planning you can save yourself many hours of work at project start-up.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Configure Project</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Having created your project, you can set a range of project parameters to define defaults, tailor the project to particular coding languages, and make development and use of the project consistent. See the following topics:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="theconfigurationmenu.htm">The Settings Menu</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="defaultsandusersettings.htm">Defaults and User Settings</a></span></li>
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